LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Officials set a Friday deadline for candidates running for Congress or local courts to submit petition signatures to get on the August primary ballot.
The Bureau of Elections also reduced the signature requirement by 50%.
The lower threshold was ordered by a judge in April after candidates said the stay-home order from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer would hurt their effort to get people to sign by the original deadline, April 21.
But an appeals court said it was up to election officials to come up with a remedy. In response, the state now is sticking with what was ordered by U.S. District Judge Terrence Berg.
Jake Rollow, spokesman for the secretary of state, said the “best course of action” was to maintain what’s been in place for the last few weeks.
The policy affects candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, local courts, Wayne County Community College trustee and possibly some city offices. Petition signature sheets can be submitted electronically.
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